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Kristjan Randalu (piano)

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Kristjan is a dazzling piano player” says Herbie Hancock after the 2006 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition.

The Estonian pianist and composer Kristjan Randalu started his music education at the age of 6 in Tallinn...

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